Thoughts To Provoke Your Thoughts

What If There Were Life After Death

"I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest  inconvenience from it." - - - Mark Twain

"I would love to believe that when I die I will live again, that some thinking, feeling, remembering part of me will continue. But as much as I want to believe that, and despite the ancient and worldwide cultural traditions that assert an afterlife, I know of nothing to suggest that it is more than wishful thinking. I want to grow really old with my wife, Annie, whom I dearly love. I want to see my younger children grow up and to play a role in their character and intellectual development. I want to meet still unconceived grandchildren. There are scientific problems whose outcomes I long to witness—such as the exploration of many of the worlds in our Solar System and the search for life elsewhere. I want
to learn how major trends in human history, both hopeful and worrisome, work themselves out: the dangers and promise of our technology, say; the emancipation of women; the growing political, economic, and technological ascendancy of China; interstellar flight. If there were life after death, I might, no matter when I die, satisfy most of these deep curiosities and longings. But if death is nothing more than an endless dreamless sleep, this is a forlorn hope. Maybe this perspective has given me a little extra motivation to stay alive. The world is so exquisite, with so much love and moral depth, that there is no reason to deceive ourselves with pretty stories for which there's little good evidence.

Far better, it seems to me, in our vulnerability, is to look Death in the eye and to be grateful every day for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides." - - - Carl Sagan

For my part, if there were life after death, I hope to continue writing my thoughts to provoke the thoughts of others; specially to provoke the thoughts of teachers in school and professors in college; also the thoughts of the corrupt politicians in government; and the thoughts of the corrupt theologians of the church. Otherwise, I do not care to live any other kind of life after death. - - - Poch Suzara